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Published online 2 July 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.617

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Swine flu reaches into the lungs and gut

Studies of ferrets reveal details of disease.

Katharine Sanderson

The swine flu virus can reach deep into the respiratory system and even as far as the intestines — findings which could explain why the disease's symptoms are different from those of seasonal flu.

Two separate groups have been using ferrets to investigate how harmful A(H1N1) influenza virus is and how easily it is transmitted.

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  • I BELEVE YOU R MOVING IN THE WRONG direction what I know of any virus that it improve it self each time it make contact with living if that was right then I think the right prosediors is to raise the alert to the maximum until it is under control then we go down please tell your comment

    • 05 Jul, 2009
    • Posted by: amal diab

  • whatever did you write here, i believe it was from the real fact and research about this respiratory diseases,just a brief information that they already reach medan-north sumatera to be their next colonies. regards from indonesia

    • 06 Jul, 2009
    • Posted by: tiurma simanjuntak